Cubs 2, Dodgers 1 (in 10 innings)
At Wrigley Field, Chicago
Wednesday, May 28

Bob Brenly made headlines last weekend, saying someone could throw a dart in the Cubs dugout and whoever it hit would be a better defensive option than the $136 million left fielder Alfonso Soriano. Word has it that the thrown dart actually hit pitching coach Larry Rothschild, who hasn't caught a pop fly since 1958. Regardless, for one night only, everything came up roses for Soriano, who made a solid running catch in foul territory in the second inning and hit a game-winning bloop single in the 10th to score Mike Fontenot and finish off a three-game sweep of the Dodgers. 

Cubs at the plate
Shut out through eight innings, the never-say-die Cubs broke through in the ninth on a Geovany Soto sacrifice fly to knot the game at one against Dodgers closer Takashi Saito -- which is Japanese for "Kerry Wood" -- who blew his third save of the year. Mark DeRosa -- who has stranded 87 runners in scoring position the last two weeks -- could have ended the game in regulation, but flew out to right to send the game to extras where the Soriano heroics ensued.

Cubs on the mound
Carlos Zambrano was solid once again on the mound allowing just one run over eight innings. At the plate, Zambrano struck out twice without breaking a bat over his knee. Bob Howry -- who is slowly but surely lowering his bloated early season ERA -- picked up the win in relief.

Dodgers at the plate
No-names Luis Maza, Blake DeWitt and Chin-Lung Hu did little in place of more well-known Dodgers like Andruw Jones, Rafael Furcal and Jeff Kent. In fact, Hu never even reached base, forcing Cubs radio announcer Pat Hughes to limit his corny "Hu's on first"-joke to just five uses.

Dodgers on the mound
Derek Lowe -- who wishes he were back winning championship rings with the Red Sox -- pitched seven scoreless innings. Chan Ho Park -- who wishes he was back in 1999 -- picked up the loss in relief.

Next up for the Cubs
The injury depleted Rockies come to Chicago for a four-game set starting Thursday evening. Larry Walker and Vinny Castilla ponder coming out of retirement to help their old team.

Number of the game: 832
Drunken fans at the ballpark who thought Cubs reliever Jose Ascanio -- who pitched a scoreless ninth inning -- was actually Carlos Marmol.

Quote of the game
"Lucky that dart didn’t hit me two inches to the left." -- Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild

By Jeremy Barewin